Kim Tae Kyun went 3-for-5 with four RBIs as the Chiba Lotte Marines beat the Seibu Lions 10-5 on Thursday afternoon to move back into first place in the Pacific League.
Lotte took a 3-0 lead in the first inning on Kim's RBI single, Shoitsu Omatsu's run-scoring double and Saburo Omura's RBI grounder off Yasuhiro Tanaka (0-1) at Seibu Dome.
The Marines went on to build an 8-2 lead through the first four innings and pounded out 17 hits in the game. Kim added a pair of RBI singles in the fourth and fifth and a sacrifice fly in the ninth. Omura finished with three hits and two RBIs.